Legal Opinion
Warner v. Cox
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1974No. Nos. 73-1627, 73-2275PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
On May 1, 1969, Appellee, Litton Systems, Inc. (Litton), and the Navy Department executed a multi-billion dollar contract for the procurement of five large ships, each about the size of an aircraft carrier, described as Landing Helicopter Assault Vessels (LHA). The contract’s novel concept, and at least a remote if not a proximate cause of this suit, was “total package procurement.” Litton was not only to construct but to design the vessels, a departure from received procurement wisdom.
Litton’s design responsibility entailed a substantial paper-work phase preceding any…
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